Daniel Casey was born on 1st June 1972 and grew up in
Stockton-on-Tees. He is the son of North East TV presenter Luke
Casey. After joining a youth theatre at 14 he decided that he wanted
to make a career in acting. Despite having a place at Durham
University studying English he was tempted away to go on tour in an
award-winning play 'Dead Fish'. It was whilst in this show that he
was spotted by a casting agent and was offered the part of Anthony
Cox, a young policeman in the highly acclaimed BBC production 'Our
Friends in the North'.

After this Daniel went on to work in 'The Bill', 'A
Touch of Frost', 'The Grand' and played Robbie Felton in the
Catherine Cookson mini-series 'Wingless Bird'.

Daniel is married to Ellie, part of the EastEnders
costume team. They have one son called Raferty,
with a second child due in February 2011. Daniel stills remains good
friends with his Midsomer counterpart, John Nettles.